Cloze Passage...

Using the Glossary of Terms, fill in the blanks. The answers are at the end of this page.

Terms: country, Elders, Dreaming, kinship, assimilation, evangelise, missions, dispossessed, Stolen Generation, segregated, integration, Land Rights, native title, Mabo, Wik, reconciliation,  Self-Determination, estate

The Aboriginal people are very connected with their land. It is more than just land to an individual, it is their _______¹.  An ______² is the central area of significance to a local group. The stories of the ________³ allow the beliefs, customs and traditions to be passed down from generation to generation. The members who have the most knowledge within an Aboriginal community and are chosen to lead their Country are the ______⁴. Everyone has a place within a community. _______⁵ defines your roles and responsibilities within an individual’s country.

When the Europeans settlers arrived in Australia, they ____________⁶ the Aboriginal people from their land.  They believed the Aboriginal people were not ‘civilised’ enough thus introducing the policy of ____________⁷. Aboriginal were therefore taken away from their families and communities, losing all sense of identity, culture and spirituality. These children are known as the ______ __________⁸. They were put it into different ________⁹, where they were _________¹⁰ from the other White children. Here, they were taught the European customs and beliefs. The Europeans wanted to __________¹¹ the children, thus teaching them the gospel and forcing them to adopt Christianity. In the 1960s, however, the policy of assimilation was amended to ___________¹², allowing Aboriginal people to keep their identity.

Eddie ____¹³ fought against the High Court so that the Aboriginal people could claim and repossess ____ _____ ¹⁴over their traditional land. He succeeded and the concept of ‘terra nullius was overturned, where ______ _____¹⁵ was introduced. To keep everyone satisfied, the ___¹⁶ case allowed Native Title to coincide with pastoral leases.

____-_____________¹⁷ allows the Aboriginal peoples to completely integrate into society where their culture and lifestyle is completely accepted. This is part of the process of _____________¹⁸between the Australian and Aboriginal people.  

A short video showing Aboriginal traditional dancing. A segment from the performance "Kangaroo from Kakadu".

 Cloze passage answers:

¹country, ²estate,³Dreaming, ⁴Elders, ⁵ kinship, ⁶ dispossessed, ⁷assimilation, ⁸Stolen Generation, ⁹missions, ¹⁰segragated, ¹¹evangelise, ¹²integration, ¹³Mabo, ¹⁴Land Rights,¹⁵native title, ¹⁶Wik, ¹⁷Self-Determination, ¹⁸reconciliation

Last update: February 8, 2010